[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9355-9356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-763]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and General 
Management Plan for Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, South 
Dakota

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environment 
Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c), the National Park Service 
(NPS) announces the availability of a draft Environmental Impact 
Statement and General Management Plan (EIS/GMP) for Minuteman Missile 
National Historic Site, South Dakota.

DATES: The draft EIS/GMP will remain available for public review for 60 
days following the publishing of the notice of its availability in the 
Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Public 
meetings will be held during the 60-day review period. You may submit 
your comments by any one of several methods. You may comment via the 
Internet through the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment Web 
site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov); simply click on the link to 
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. You may mail comments to 
Superintendent Mark Herberger, Minuteman Missile National Historic 
Site, 21280 South Dakota Highway 240, Philip, South Dakota 57567. You 
may contact the Superintendent by telephone at 605-433-5552 or by fax 
at 605-433-5558. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to the 
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site headquarters at the address 
above.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft EIS/GMP are available from 
Superintendent Mark Herberger, Minuteman Missile National Historic 
Site, 21280 South Dakota Highway 240, Philip, South Dakota 57567.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This GMP will guide the management of the 
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site for the next 25 years. The 
draft GMP considers four draft conceptual alternatives--a no-action and 
three-action alternatives, including the NPS preferred alternative. The 
draft document will also include the NPS's preferred location for the 
visitor/administrative facility.
    The NPS preferred alternative would be to present the Delta 
facilities as symbols that commemorate the Cold War. In this 
alternative, Delta One would be restored to its active duty alert 
condition with many original furnishings and items still in place. 
Guided ranger shuttle tours would be required to access this facility. 
The Delta Nine facility would remain as it is today. This would be a 
self-guided experience with parking and interpretive information 
located nearby.
    The draft EIS assesses impacts to cultural resources 
(archaeological resources, historic buildings and structures, cultural 
landscapes, ethnographic resources, and museum collections); natural 
resources (air quality, vegetation, and wildlife); visitor use and 
experience; socioeconomic environment; and park administration and 
operations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Superintendent, Minuteman 
Missile National Historic Site, at the address or telephone number 
above. Before including your address, telephone number, electronic mail 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, 
you should be aware that your entire comment (including your personal 
identifying information) may be made publicly available at any time. 
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you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, from individuals identifying themselves as representatives 
or officials, or organizations or businesses available for public 
inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: August 24, 2007.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
    Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register on February 14, 2008.

[FR Doc. 08-763 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
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